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  • ClimateNew Zealand Geology

    Is New Zealand in the Anthropocene?

    by Mike Pole June 19, 2014
    by Mike Pole June 19, 2014

    Has New Zealand recently entered an entirely new period of time? You may have caught up with the proposal that the world …

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    Matai- vanquished giant of New Zealand’s dry forests?

    by Mike Pole June 12, 2014
    by Mike Pole June 12, 2014

    I’ve long found New Zealand’s black pine, the matai (Prumnopitys taxifolia) to be a special tree. From a dishevelled juvenile, It can …

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    Discovering the ‘Bridge of Stone’ – the ancient route over the Kawarau River, New Zealand

    by Mike Pole May 7, 2014
    by Mike Pole May 7, 2014

    Part way along the Kawarau River between Cromwell and Queenstown (Central Otago, New Zealand) is a feature known to Maori as ‘Whatatorere’ (Kaumatua …

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    Grumbling about Graywacke

    by Mike Pole May 2, 2014
    by Mike Pole May 2, 2014

    When I was growing up in Central Otago (New Zealand) graywacke was a bane of my life, and certainly of my Dad’s …

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    Thin Ice? Climate change in Alexandra and skating on the Manorburn Dam

    by Mike Pole April 28, 2014
    by Mike Pole April 28, 2014

    Growing up in Alexandra (Central Otago, New Zealand) in the early 1970s it was the family thing to go ice skating on …

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  • GeologyNew Zealand Geology

    The Origin of New Zealand in Deep-Time

    by Mike Pole April 22, 2014
    by Mike Pole April 22, 2014

    Anyone who knows anything about New Zealand geology will know that it was once ‘part of Gondwana’. This is true, but how …

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  • History/Archaeology

    Pacifism in New Zealand: A Ruined Life?

    by Mike Pole April 19, 2014
    by Mike Pole April 19, 2014

    Back in the days when Australia had just seven veterans left from the First World War, I made an effort to meet …

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